Orange County Sheriff's Department Investigations Division (OCSD) is responsible for solving some of the most serious crimes in Orange County, an area that includes Buena Park, Orange, Santa Ana, The Canyons, Tustin, Yorba Linda and Anaheim. Project manager for OCSD's Information Systems, was looking for ways to maximize the efficiency of the high-speed broadband solution used across the county. He and his team wanted to create a way for field officers to have seamless access to multiple data networks, key applications and criminal databases.

Mobility XE solved the numerous challenges that OCSD faced in their wireless deployment. Offering complete end-to-end security using FIPS 140-2 validated AES encryption libraries, Mobility XE provided a secure VPN tunnel for all data transmitted across the wireless networks.

Once Mobility's client and server software was installed, the issue of stability for both applications and connections was also resolved. Mobility XE managed the connection between applications and networks, shielding applications from lost coverage or interference that would otherwise cause them to crash. Once the mobile user returned to a coverage area, their applications restarted exactly where they left off. The user did not have to reconfigure or modify anything on their laptop. In fact, from the users' perspective, these sporadic losses of coverage were nearly imperceptible as Mobility XE managed and resumed the connections seamlessly behind the scenes.

Mobility XE's client and server design allows applications to move seamlessly from one connection type to another. So, OCSD was able to finally present its investigators and officers with a seamless roaming solution. As users approach OCSD hot spots, Mobility XE, senses the higher speed network availability and automatically moves the users' applications to the faster network. During times when only the wide area network is available, Mobility XE also optimizes and compresses the data transmission so OCSD's investigators and patrol officers will see considerably faster data transmission times across the wide area networks. Topics: Productivity Wireless Services WAN Mobile Device Management Mobile Workers